Abstract
During April 2011–March 2012, we retrospectively reviewed medical records for South Korea soldiers to assess the etiology and epidemiology of acute viral lower respiratory tract infections. Adenovirus was the most commonly identified virus (63.2%) and the most common cause of pneumonia (79.3%) and hospitalization (76.6%); 3 soldiers died of adenovirus-related illness.
Highlights
Respiratory infections are the most common cause for hospitalization of soldiers
To describe the viral etiology, clinical features, and epidemiologic characteristics of acute lower respiratory tract infections (LTRIs) among the South Korean military, we retrospectively reviewed the medical records of soldiers who were identified with an acute LTRI
We retrospectively reviewed all medical records with International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification codes indicating acute LTRI; 622 patient records met the criteria and were reviewed
Summary
During April 2011–March 2012, we retrospectively reviewed medical records for South Korea soldiers to assess the etiology and epidemiology of acute viral lower respiratory tract infections. Adenovirus is the most common cause of acute respiratory infection in soldiers, among new recruits in basic training camps (2,3). There may be some differences in etiologic agents by geographic location, the major cause of acute respiratory disease in South Korean military recruits is most likely adenovirus, as observed in Author affiliations: The Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea To describe the viral etiology, clinical features, and epidemiologic characteristics of acute lower respiratory tract infections (LTRIs) among the South Korean military, we retrospectively reviewed the medical records of soldiers who were identified with an acute LTRI. Except for a female patient infected with influenza A virus, all patients
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